SC Woman Sues After Husband Dies in Fatal Hit and Run Accident

Last December a man was killed in an accident at the North Charleston port terminal and now his wife has launched a lawsuit claiming that the accident could have been criminal in nature.

Truck driver Derek Boyd was killed last winter and the police claim that he had been, “working on securing his container to the chassis when for an unknown reason he made contact with another truck and sustained head injuries. That truck then left the scene.” They gave no of the truck that allegedly hit Boyd.

Court documents show that Trina Boyd his wife filed a lawsuit stating the her Boyds death was “likely due to the negligence” of port officials and their employees. Documents filed from the lawsuit also say there is a serious conflict of interest that the Port police were the ones investigating the incident.

Port Authority legal counsel has file to have the case dismissed, but Boyds attorneys countered with another statement.

“Information and evidence indicate the matter may be criminal in nature,” the answer reads.

“Overall this is a sad situation where one man lost his life and the circumstances surrounding it are unresolved and unclear. His family is devastated and have no closure in regard to the incident,” says Joe Sandefur of joeandmartin.com/myrtle-beach, attorney at a top personal injury law firm in Myrtle Beach.

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